盧克-肖必須要提升自己的表現，以獲得重新進入首發陣容的機會，不過穆里尼奧也表示他需要對肖保持耐心，因為這名年輕左後衛才剛結束自己冗長的養傷期。
三年前，曼聯以高價引進了當時在南安普頓表現出色而且還跟隨英格蘭隊參加世界盃的盧克-肖，讓這名左後衛成為了當時身價最高的年輕球員。
由於狀態和傷病困擾的緣故，到目前為止盧克-肖只為曼聯出場過48場比賽。他在加盟曼聯的第二個賽季的那次嚴重受傷對於球隊在那個賽季的成績也造成了不少的影響。
上賽季這名22歲的左後衛終於傷愈復出了，但是穆里尼奧曾公開質疑過他的態度、比賽表現和球商，而在今年4月，盧克-肖再次受傷，這一次是韌帶拉傷。
在周三曼聯擊敗伯頓的聯賽杯比賽中，盧克-肖替補登場。而在本周六作客挑戰盧克-肖的老東家南安普頓之前的記者發布會中，穆里尼奧表示：「他必須要努力工作。」
「你們(媒體)看了我們跟伯頓的那場比賽，你們看的和我看的是一樣的。所以你們還要問我明天他是否會出場嗎？不會，明天他不會出場。他必須要努力，他還要提升自己的表現。」
「別忘了，他已經差不多6個月沒有上場比賽了。周三的時候我並沒有期待他能夠一上場就在接下來的45分鐘裡面來回奔跑，並且成為全場最佳球員。」
「這還需要一個過程。他已經很久很久沒有比賽了。」
「現在其他英超球隊也有一些球員是沒能首發出場的，他們的教練只是解釋說『他們並沒有處於最佳的狀態』。而我們現在談論的都是一些英超聯賽中最出色的球員。」
「上周我聽到切爾西的主帥這樣說，聽到阿森納的主帥也這麼說。他們暫時不會考慮讓這些球員首發出場，在遭遇嚴重受傷或者長期沒有上場比賽以後，這些球員也沒辦法迅速地恢復最佳狀態。」
「盧克進行過手術，而且也已經遠離球場很長一段時間了。我不能寄望他能夠在很短的時間裡就迅速展現出很出色、很強勢的表現。」
Luke Shaw "has to improve" to get into Manchester United's starting line-up, but Jose Mourinho claims he is staying patient as the left-back returns from his latest injury lay-off.
After shining for Southampton and playing for England at the World Cup, United made the full-back the most expensive teenager in history three years ago.
Shaw has managed just 48 appearances for United since the move due to a mixture of form and fitness issues, most pertinently the double leg break that brought his second season at the club to an abrupt halt.
The 22-year-old returned to the fold last term but Mourinho publicly questioned his attitude, application and football intelligence during a comeback campaign ended in late April by foot ligament damage.
Shaw made his latest return to fitness as a half-time substitute in Wednesday's Carabao Cup win over Burton and, ahead of Saturday's trip to the defender's former club, the Portuguese said: "He has to work.
"You [media] saw the [Burton] game, you saw the same as I see, so are you asking if he plays tomorrow? No, he is not playing tomorrow. He has to work. He has to improve.
"Look, he doesn't play for six months. I am not expecting him to arrive on Wednesday and to be man of the match or to be running up and down for 45 minutes.
"It's just a process. He doesn't play for a long, long time.
"You have other players in the Premier League that in this moment who are not starting matches and their managers just say 'they're not in the best conditions'. And we're speaking about some of the best players of the Premier League.
"I heard last week the Chelsea manager saying that, I heard Arsenal manager said that. The players are not in their ideas, in their analysis, they're not in the best form after important injuries and long time without playing.
"Luke had surgery and a long time without playing football. I cannot expect him to be back and to be strong, strong, strong in his work."